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Category Archives: Inklings
The Roots of Violence
“The greatest predictor of future violence is a past history of violence. The roots of violence lie in unremitting anger and an inability to cope with it.” Until the shooting of Representative Scalise and others at the GOP baseball practice, … Continue reading
Posted in Inklings
Tagged DC shooting, GOP baseball shooting, James Hodgkinson, learning to cope with anger, Shooting of Rep. Scalise, The greatest predictor of violence is a past history of violence, the origin of rage, The Roots of Violence, the roots of violence lie in anger, Warning Signs of Violence, what are the warning signs of possible violence, What do you do if you think someone is violent, what do you do is you think someone might shoot people, why are people violent, Why do people shoot people
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Finding Home
“Home is where the heart is.” Pliny the Elder Roman scholar, naturalist, and historian. The blue sky and water welcomed me as I crossed the Chowan River Bridge on Tuesday and my heart whispered, Home. As a child, my … Continue reading
Posted in Inklings, Views from my porch
Tagged "does the sound of the sea end at the shore, Albemarle Sound, Cape Cod Bay, East Dennis MA, Edenton, Edenton lighthouse, finding home, gardening, gardens, Home, Home is where the heart is, Master Gardener, ocean, Roanoke River Lighthouse, Sesuit Harbor, Sound bridge, the sea, What makes a place feel like home
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Leaving a Trail – Forging Ahead
“Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” Ralph Waldo Emerson I have been known as a collector of “treasures.” A few awards, some mementoes collected over time, most given … Continue reading
Posted in Inklings
Tagged Bobbie Schofield, Do Not go Gentle into that good night, Dylan Thomas, Explore, I went to the woods to live deliberately, magic wands, new directions, new year, New Year thoughts, not to come to the end of life and find I had never lived, retirement, Social work, social worker, Thoreau, to suck out the marrow of life
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Roller Coaster Ride
“For the meaning of life differs from man to man, from day-to-day and from hour to hour. What matters, therefore, is not the meaning of life in general but rather the specific meaning of a person’s life at a given … Continue reading
Posted in Inklings
Tagged "God answers the mess in life with grace, Donald Trump, Donald Trump as the Wild Mouse, election, grace, Max Lucado, our house, our own home, retirement, roller coaster rides, roller coasters in life, The Comet, The meaning of life, The Wild Mouse, Victor Frankl
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The Job Belongs to the Person Who Sees It
There is a story you’ve heard before about four people named Everybody, Somebody, Anybody, and Nobody and a job that was recognized but left undone since everybody thought someone else would do it. That story is actually a shortened version of … Continue reading
Posted in Inklings
Tagged a mantra, a Poem on Responsibility Charles Osgood, being responsible, Everybody Somebody Anybody Nobody story, Finding a calling, finding meaning in life, Meeting an unmet need, motto, seeing an unmet need, The job belongs to the person who sees it, volunteering
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Things That Go Bump
“From ghoulies and ghosties And long-leggedy beasties And things that go bump in the night, Good Lord, deliver us!” ~Scottish saying I was born and did my first trick or treating in Dayton, Ohio where both October 30th and 31st … Continue reading
Posted in Inklings
Tagged blaming others, demonizing difference, demonizing people, Halloween, marginalizing people, trick or treat
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